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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1914
Page
4
A vintage column promotes gift beads for Christmas, noting beading ideas for women. It describes spice beads made from all spice soaked in water ink, and rose beads formed from flowers, with hand kneading to achieve beadlike shapes. The piece aims to entice readers to craft decorative jewelry at home for presents.
Newspaper fashion editors note wartime influence on women’s dress with military lines shaping skirts and outfits. Chicago, Indianapolis, and Cleveland sources report designers and manufacturers aligning spring Tul styles to defense needs, while lighthearted items from London reflect daily life interruptions.
A father recites a tale about an electric eel and a boastful fisherman who doubts electric power. The story shows the fisherman asserting absence of electricity until a demonstration reveals its force aboard a ship. The narrative blends wonder, skepticism, and a cautionary moment about unseen energy.
Bennie is whisked through a snowy gate to Santa’s ice castle where elves force him to repair broken toys. He frets at the carelessness around him, but Santa rebukes him and Bennie vows to be more careful before waking by the fire to his father calling him to bed.
The article details fur fashion trends emphasizing trims and sets, with long velvet or satin brocade coats featuring large fur collars and ample cuffs. It notes a wide latitude in styles from three inch wide neckbands to full muff-length fur cuffs, praising furs like Hudson seal, firelight, skunk, ermine, sable, Alaska seal, and silver fox. It highlights one and two skin fur effects, combinations like Hudson seal with fitch and skunk, and mentions youth versus matronly wearers with white fox preferred for youth. Julia Bottomley.
The article warns housewives to be wary when purchasing mattresses and bedding. It cites low quality sellers who reuse old clothing and diseased materials from dumps to make shoddy fillings. It advises buying from reliable firms or making your own, and stresses thorough washing or disinfection to remove lingering germs before use.
In a period dialogue, a young woman considers marriage to the rescuer she trusted to support her, asking if the savior can provide the lifestyle she has known. The exchange hints at social expectations and readiness after a near-drowning incident in Brad Street.
An article discusses the fireless cooker concept and a patent device uniting cooking and heat retention. It explains insulated compartments, gas burners, and automatic ventilator closure to conserve heat. Includes a sample Ragout of Rabbit recipe and a Cheese Biscuit preparation with quantities and steps.
The passage lists furs such as beaver fox monkey kotinsky broadtail and notes goat as a substitute for monkey fur due to scarcity. It then provides a pastry instruction: roll thin bake two halves with cheese between, cut with a cutter and bake as powder biscuits.
A simple baked omelet method mixes flour with cold milk to a smooth paste, adds five beaten eggs salt and white pepper, then hot milk and butter. Cook over boiling water briefly, pour into buttered dish, and bake twenty minutes in a hot oven.
Instructions for making rice pancakes mix two cups milk with two beaten eggs then add flour and boiled rice in equal parts to form a thin batter add half a teaspoon salt and a heaping teaspoon baking powder or substitute soda if using sour milk omit powder and add soda bake cakes just before cooking.
A chamois bag with magnesia powder aids silver polishing and a velvet cloth helps between fork tines. Recipes include Nut Chops with butter egg cream and bread crumbs, Salmon Croquettes with salmon parsley milk and butter, and kitchen hints to prevent stickiness using lemon juice on chopped raisins.
Readers are urged to try Kline's Rheumatic Remedy for rheumatism lumbago and gout. The ad claims widespread relief and rapid popularity with curing or benefiting almost every case. The sellers listed include H. B. Meyers 119 6th Ave Long Branch Cooper's Drug Store Schroeder's Pharmacy Red Bank and H C Van Note Oakhurst.
Acutighen Co Upboard outlines many scrambled egg preparations with cheese sardines tomatoes celery and milk. Recipes cover five eggs per batch with butter salt and pepper, detailing steps to mix, cook, and serve for luncheon or varied flavors.
In effect Sept 15 1914 mail arrives from New York City Philadelphia Asbury Park and other points with multiple daily times. Departures to New York and north Philadelphia Trenton and west Asbury Park and southbound trains listed. Money order and postal savings window hours. Letter carriers and collection frequencies noted. Postoffice lobby Sunday hours for box-holders. End of notice by P M L Slocum.
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